Spark is a weekly audio blog of smart and unexpected trendwatching. It’s not just technology for gearheads, it’s about the way technology affects our lives, and the world around us.
What’s a Spark story? Wikis in the workplace, Guitar Hero in your living room, or why the new trend in design is the trailer park.
Spark is more than a radio show, it’s a conversation that happens on the air and here on the Web. Spark is something you and the Spark team build together. Maybe you have a hot tip for a story we’re preparing. Or maybe something happened to you that would make a great story. Join the conversation by checking out the blog for the stories we’re working on and leave your comments. Get your voice on the air by leaving us a message.
Spark: tech, trends, and fresh ideas.
About the Spark Team
Spark is produced in Toronto by Elizabeth Bowie, Dan Misener, and Nora Young (Nora’s so rad, she gets her own page).
When Elizabeth Bowie was six years old, she decided she wanted to be a reporter. When she was seven, she had her birthday party at the CBC studios in her hometown of Halifax. And when she was eight, she wrote to the CBC and asked if she could have a job. Lizzie still has the letter HR sent back to her thanking her for her interest and asking her to wait ten years. She did, and soon after arrived on the doorstep of CBC Ottawa. There, in the tallest turret of the old Chateau Laurier studios, she worked as the early morning traffic reporter, the arts reporter and with GO, CBC’s national Saturday morning show. Elizabeth now lives in Toronto, and when she’s not kicking up her heels with Nora and the gang, she can be found in dingy piano bars, singing the Carly Simon Songbook.
When he’s not making radio gold, Dan Misener blogs at danmisener.com , plays in a rock and roll band called The Canaries, organizes a reading series called Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids , and teaches audio production at Ryerson University .
February 11th, 2009 at 11:05 am
[...] and the way we live? Listen to Nora Young’s show. She’s the host of CBC Radio’s Spark, co-produced with Elizabeth Bowie and Dan Misener. If you’ve been on my blog or my personal [...]
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
re: Ageism Design: I am not a senior, I am only 31. But I have Fibromyalgia and find i feel like a 95 yr old sometimes. I recently found at Ardene's *(store that sells costume jewelery for tweens and teens mostly that they have long wrist bands with thump holes. These are perfect for keeping my wrists warm and therefore reducing pain allowing me to function more normally. I don't know what their original purpose or style was but i love that i can get inexpensive stylish accessories that make my life more enjoyable. It is better than spending lots of money on medical wrist guards that restrict motion or sewing something of my own that looks horrendous and often prompts questions or concerns as to whether or not i had broken my wrist.
March 17th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
heard from friend in B.C. that not drinking diet soft drinks helps lesson Fibromyalgia. Have you heard this before?
March 17th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
have not heard that one before.it makes sense though. reducing refined sugars and processed foods has made a huge impact in my life. as has Magnesium with Malic Acid at night along with calcium
April 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
@MikeMunro They are interviewing that remix guy from YouTube today http://www.cbc.ca/spark/about-spark/
April 8th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
@sarahsonic Thanks for the heads up, I’m checking it out now: Kuitman interview on CBC http://www.cbc.ca/spark/about-spark/
April 10th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
[...] About Spark [...]
May 6th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
C Patterson, how this long wrist bands with thump holes looks and how big they are? I am looking for something like this…
May 17th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
[...] Spark and The Adventures of Team Digital Preservation The blog I was assigned to follow throughout the course is the online component of a CBC Radio show called Spark. So what is Spark? And I quote…”Spark is a weekly audio blog of smart and unexpected trendwatching. It’s not just technology for gearheads, it’s about the way technology affects our lives, and the world around us” (http://www.cbc.ca/spark/about-spark/). [...]
September 20th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
kind of bloop
wow
I get it ok but that hurt my soul immediately
ouch
please stop now
ron pelto
October 16th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
[...] couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by the CBC's Nora Young for her show Spark: a weekly audio blog of smart and unexpected trendwatching about the way technology affects our [...]